Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-03-30
District Government Affairs.

QUESTION ABOUT PAVENEyTS
The commissioners have written to Controller
Durham, in answer to an inquiry from the con-
trolIers Office, stating that I'm view OF the action
pavement to 81 per yard It had been decided Ia
reduce the base OF asphalt pavement from six to
I0uf inches SO that in the bidding for contracts
c0al-tar disttllate pavement, which has base OF
put four inches As 1T is they say 1t is impossible
10 lay 6-inch base pavementfor less than 81 25 per
square yard They secured On the street i'm
provement an equally as good pavement for 81 "a
per SQUARE yard by requiring the admixture OF
Portland cement with national cement and by
this means so strengthening the pavement as to
admit OF q reduction OF depth OF base. The
asphalt laid has base OF four inches II this
course had not been pursued no asphalt could have
been laid, and the entire business would have been
thrown into the hands OF one contractor.
CONTRACTS RUNNING FIFTEEN YEARS
In the preparation By the Engineer department
OF specifications and forms of prOpOsals for street
Improvements provision VIII be made for inviting
BIDS covering the construction OF street pavementS
with the usual fye-year guarantee and In addi-
ton thereto the continued maintenance of those
pavementS for an additional period OF fifteen wears
at certain price per square yard per annum. The
payments for maintenance I'm aDy wear durino that
period shall be conditioned upon suitable appropi-
atoms being made by Congress for that year This
action upon the part OF the Commissioners is all-
thorized by Controller Durham, VINO, in his recent
letter explaining the meaning of the District ap-
preparation bill, holds that the commissioners
may permit contractor to contract for certain
work.fOr such period OF time as the Commission
erS may prescribe where the nature OF the work to
be done remains the same.
PURCHASE OF A sCHoOI-BousE SITE
The District Commissioners have purchased
Vermont avenue, between L and q streets north
west, which measure altogether 81 by 100 feet.
One OF the new school houses will be erected upon
them at once.
COMING TO THE NATIONAL. DRILL
The Montreal True Blues and montgomery Greys,
OF Mon gomery' Ala, and tue Lenox Rifles, of Mo-
bile, Ala, nave been granted permission to come
into the District to attend the National Drill.
VITAL STATISTICS.
The report Of Health Officer Townshend for the
week exc ending last Saturday shows: Number Of
deaths, 92; white, As; cOlOred, At Death rate per
LOCO per annum-wnite, 1920; colored, 35.42;
total population, 23.34 SO were under 5 years OF
death were-Consumption, 10; diarrhea, 2;
pneumonia, 2; congestion OF the lungs, 8; bron-
20 white males. IS white females, Is colored
maies II colored females. Marriages reported, 4
white, cOl0red.
BAR-ROOM LICENSES
nave 1een granted Cornelius Murphy, John For
syth, John O'Brien, and John I. Iaberg. The Com
nllSsionerS refused 10 issue liquor license to NJ.
r. HaInllne, OF No. 1892 18th street northwest.
BIDS PoR PAINTING BRIDGES
in the city and county have been opened. The bid
derS are: 7. a. Brown, G. 7. Bowen, A. Burgess,
j. Ii. Iippard Co., W. G. Peake, j. f. Clarke, E.
Biand'el, and Ii. Griffin.
MISCELLANEOUS
Otis Brown has been appointed an aXeman on
the regular roll OF The engineer department vice
Watson, resigned
B. I. Janney, supervising principal of the public
schools in the NTH diviaioD has called the atten-
Goa Ca the commissioners TO the very unsatisfac-
tory condition OF the telephone service for the use
OF the Curtis school.
Building Inspector Entwisle is preparing the
plans for the tWo-rOom addition to be made to the
school ON the Hamilton road, i'll the county.
AN ANNIVERSARY REQUIEM MASS for the late
p Mott McGlil will be celebrated on Thursday
31st instant, ut am, at the Church OF the I'm
niacuiate Conception Sth and streets northwest,
to which relatives and friends are invited.